Improvement in fences



G.. Av. ROOT.

Fences.

10,200,222 Patented Feb.12,1s78.

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'NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

iOORYDON A. ROOT, OF ANDOVER, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTOISAAC M. RICE, OF WINDSOR, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT iN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200.222, dated February12, 1878; application filed November 9, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CoRYDoN A. ROOT, ofAndover, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and Improved Fence; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing' is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of the same.

Figure 1 is a front view of the fence. Figs. 2 and 3 are end views ofthe same. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detached sections.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The nature of this invention relates to an iron fence the upper andlower rails of which are constructed of T-shaped irons, and the bars orpickets thereof are of wire, arranged and secured in said rails asfollows, the fence being an improvment of one for which Letters Patentwere granted to me June 26, 187 7, No. 192,350.

The T-rail above alluded to consists of a vertical web, A, and a cap orplate, B, lying horizontally along upon the edge of the web, and whichmay be either united to the web, forming a part thereof, orbe simplylaid thereon, and retained in place by the bars or pickets C. Said weband caps referred to are made of sheet or plate metal, and are securedto the posts D (which are also of sheet metal) by passing the end of theweb through a slot in the post. The end of the web projecting throughthe post is then turned down upon the side thereof, forming a clinch, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3. The end of the web projecting through the postis shown in the drawing as split and turned back to the right and left.The end, however, may be clinched without being split. The said webdepends from the top.

The lower rail of the fence is constructed substantially as the upperone above described, as will be seen in the drawings.

It will be observed that the first bar or picket of the fence passesthrough the caps or plates B, and on the same side of the webs whereasthe second picket, on passing through the cap, is on the opposite sideof the webs; again, the third one is on the same side of the web as theirst, and the fourth on the same side with the second, and so on.

This interlocking or weaving together of the webs and pickets adds tothe firmness and strength of the fence, making the structure durable andrigid, though light injweight of material.

The upper end of each picket, when bent over, passes down through thecap, and is then bent at an angle and made to pass through the webprojecting therefrom, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The projecting ends, being pointed, form barbs E to protect the fencefrom being rubbed against by horses, cattle, &c., thus making of thestructure a barbed fence to resist the inroad of stock, and at the sametime strengthening the fence by holding the ends of the pickets securelyin place.

The ends of the pickets which do not stand out as barbs, above alludedto, are prevented from being forced down through the cap by a notch, a,Fig. 4, in which notch the edge of the hole through which the end passesis lodged and retained therein by the neXt picket passed through thesame hole, as shown in Fig. 1. In said figure a part of the cap is shownas broken away, that the end of the picket and notch may be seen.

The notch a, (shown in Fig. 4) is made under the bend. The notch,however, may be formed on the sides, as shown in Fig. 5, in which eventa hole like that shown at b in Fig. 6 is provided for the end of thepicket, whereas an elongated one like that at o is used when the notchis made under the band, as referred to in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In iron fences which have a rail composed of two sections-wiz., thevertical web A and a horizontal plate or cap, B-so arranged in relationto said web as to form, in combination therewith, a T-rail, theprojection of the ends ofthe curved portion of the picket downwardthrough the top plate alternately on opposite sides of the web, andproviding said picket ends with a gain or notch,

by which to engage the picket with said top plate, substantially asspeciied.

2. The bent or outward projection of the eX tremity E of the picket,substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

OORYDON A. ROOT.

Witnesses PHILIP KREOKEL, J. W. BURRIDGE.

